Zambezi

The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is Africa's fourth-longest river, its longest east-flowing river, and its largest river flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its basin is 1,390,000 square kilometers (540,000 square miles), slightly less than half the size of the Nile's. The river begins in Zambia and flows through eastern Angola, along Namibia's north-eastern border and Botswana's northern border, then through Zambia and Zimbabwe to Mozambique, where it crosses the country to empty into the Indian Ocean.

Victoria Falls is the most well-known feature of the Zambezi. Other notable falls include the Chavuma Falls on the Zambia-Angola border and the Ngonye Falls near Sioma in Western Zambia. The river has two major hydroelectric power sources: the Kariba Dam in Zambia and Zimbabwe, and the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, which supplies power to Mozambique and South Africa. In Zambia, there are two smaller power stations along the Zambezi River, one at Victoria Falls and the other near Kalene Hill in Ikelenge District.

Length: 2.574 km